Overview

• Los Angeles beat Milwaukee 5-1 in Game 2 behind Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s three-hit, nine-inning outing with seven strikeouts, giving the Dodgers a 2-0 NLCS lead with both wins on the road.
• Yamamoto’s performance was MLB’s first postseason complete game since 2017 and the Dodgers’ first since José Lima in 2004.
• Max Muncy set the franchise postseason home run record with his 14th, while Teoscar Hernández homered and Shohei Ohtani and Tommy Edman added RBIs.
• Toronto cut Seattle’s ALCS lead to 2-1 with a 13-4 Game 3 win in Seattle, powered by five Blue Jays homers — including a three-run shot by Alejandro Kirk — and a six-inning, two-run start from Shane Bieber.
• The Dodgers list Tyler Glasnow for Game 3 and Shohei Ohtani for Game 4 at Dodger Stadium, while Game 4 in Seattle is reported as Max Scherzer versus Luis Castillo; historically, teams up 2-0 in best-of-seven series have advanced about 84% of the time, rising to nearly 89% when both wins come on the road.